expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil (something in hot water) ➜ 煮る【にる】
• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.) ➜ たでる

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a payment via bank deposit transfer
• to discard another player's winning tile - Mahjong term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "kun" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 音仮名【おんがな】

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• going to and from school; path to and from school; way to school

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

godan ~る verb:

• to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

expression:

• one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

noun:

• life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)